"Uncle Fusheng, I'm embarrassed by what you said."
Feng Ye responded with a smile.
He knew all too well how much profit there was in drying fish.
Take the cheapest miscellaneous fish, for example; the price I get from buying it is around 5 cents.
It takes about five or six pounds to make one pound of dried fish. Including labor and other costs, it won't exceed 30 cents.
They offered a purchase price of 60 cents, which resulted in a profit of 30 cents.
Other, more expensive dried fish can generate even greater profits.
This has led to a situation where many families in Dongtou Village, and even Baishi Island, are drying fish.
As long as there's money to be made, everyone will flock to it.
Those with boats catch their own fish and dry them in the sun.
Those who didn't have boats but had some money would go to the town or county to buy fish and bring them back to dry.
Those who have neither boats nor money are out of options, but they can still find work in their own village.
Many father-son and husband-wife boats prefer to hire people to help on the boat so as to earn more money, while leaving one person at home to dry fish.
This indirectly creates job opportunities for many people.
It's safe to say that Feng Ye, Feng Xuan, and A-Can's family are currently the most popular people on the entire island.
This is all because they make it profitable for these small-scale producers.
However, this has both advantages and disadvantages for them.
On the positive side, their supply of goods is very stable, and they can't keep up with demand, so they don't have to worry about running out of stock one day.
It's worth noting that the daily dried fish production on Baishi Island has reached an astonishing 30,000 to 40,000 jin (15,000 to 20,000 kg), and almost all of it is sold through them.
Fortunately, Feng Jiaqing and Feng Jialing developed a few more clients, and there were also some other buyers who took notice of the situation; otherwise, it would have been difficult to handle such a large volume.
The two of them now deliver so many goods to the city that they can't finish in one trip and have to make two or more trips.
The downside is that they can't get any cheap fish anymore; they don't even get a thousand catties a day.
Feng Ye even considered not drying fish in large quantities and just becoming a middleman.
The profit margin isn't as high as what you'd make by posting it yourself, but it's still considerable.
More importantly, it saves time and effort, and you won't be so tired every day.
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